Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338060384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Dashing through the snow...Karen is happy that Christmas is coming. Then she hears some sad news: The Stones’ barn has burned down. The Stones cannot afford to rebuild their barn. Karen really wants to help. She comes up with a great plan to raise money -- a Winter Festival with sleigh rides. But it will not be easy to get everything ready in time. Karen could use some Christmas magic.
Karen's Sleigh Ride (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #92)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338060384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Dashing through the snow...Karen is happy that Christmas is coming. Then she hears some sad news: The Stones’ barn has burned down. The Stones cannot afford to rebuild their barn. Karen really wants to help. She comes up with a great plan to raise money -- a Winter Festival with sleigh rides. But it will not be easy to get everything ready in time. Karen could use some Christmas magic.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338060384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Dashing through the snow...Karen is happy that Christmas is coming. Then she hears some sad news: The Stones’ barn has burned down. The Stones cannot afford to rebuild their barn. Karen really wants to help. She comes up with a great plan to raise money -- a Winter Festival with sleigh rides. But it will not be easy to get everything ready in time. Karen could use some Christmas magic.
Karen's Haunted House (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #90)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338060341
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! BOO!Karen’s class gets to help decorate a haunted house for Halloween! It is lots of fun making things look scary. But then Karen and her friends start hearing spooky noises. And someone is playing tricks, too. Who -- or what -- is haunting Karen’s haunted house?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338060341
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! BOO!Karen’s class gets to help decorate a haunted house for Halloween! It is lots of fun making things look scary. But then Karen and her friends start hearing spooky noises. And someone is playing tricks, too. Who -- or what -- is haunting Karen’s haunted house?
A Thousand Miles on An Elephant in the Shan States
Author: Holt Samuel Hallett
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465507876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The importance of the Eastern markets to European commerce has long been recognised, and since the famous Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the close of the fifteenth century, and the Portuguese occupied Malacca and established factories or trade depots in Burmah at Martaban and Syriam, the trade of Western China and Indo-China has been a prize which has attracted the commercial aspirations of every maritime mercantile community in Europe. In 1613, the Portuguese were ousted from Burmah, and six years later, the English and Dutch established factories in that country. Some years afterwards the Dutch were expelled, and in the middle of the next century the French became our rivals for a short time. In 1756 the chief of their factory was executed, and their factory was destroyed, never to be resuscitated. The first Englishman whose name is recorded in history as travelling in Siam and the Shan States is Thomas Samuel, who happened to be at Zimmé when that place was recaptured by the Burmese in 1615. In Purchas’s ‘Pilgrims’ it is related that he had proceeded from Siam to Zimmé “to discover the trade of that country.” From that time to 1687, when the English were turned out of Siam for killing some of the natives in a scuffle, many English merchants resided there. Whilst the coast of Burmah was under native dominion, our traders had to content themselves with travelling along the great rivers; and it was not until 1829, three years after we had annexed the Burmese provinces of Tenasserim and Arakan, that steps were taken by us to establish overland trade with Northern Siam, the Shan States, and China. In that year Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, ordered a mission to proceed, under Dr Richardson, from Maulmain to the Siamese Shan States, to ensure friendly relations and trade in that direction; and in 1837, Lord Auckland, then Governor-General, despatched Captain (late General) MacLeod, viâ Zimmé and Kiang Hung to China, with the view of opening up trade with that country. Notwithstanding the favourable reports of these and subsequent missions, and the frequent petitions of our mercantile community asking for the connection of Burmah with China by railway, no action has been taken by the Indian Government in the sixty years that have elapsed since Dr Richardson’s mission, for improving the overland routes leading from Burmah to the great undeveloped markets which immediately border our possessions on the east. Burmah might as well have remained for these sixty years in native hands, for all the good that its acquisition has been to the furtherance of our trade with the neighbouring regions. When I retired from Government service at the end of 1879, the French were again in the field. They had annexed the south-eastern corner of Indo-China, had seized Cambodia from the Siamese, were determined to wrest Tonquin from China, which they have since succeeded in doing, and had openly avowed their intention to eject British trade from Eastern Indo-China, and to do all they possibly could to attract the trade of South-western, Southern, and Central China to French ports in Tonquin, where prohibitive duties could be, and have since been, placed upon British goods. It was under these circumstances that Mr Colquhoun and I took up the question, placed the necessity of connecting India with Burmah, Siam, and China before the public, and with the aid of the mercantile community determined to carry out a series of exploration-surveys to prove whether or not Burmah could be connected with these countries by railway at a reasonable expense, and to select the best route, financially and commercially, for the undertaking. The present volume deals with my exploration-surveys in Siam and the Shan States.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465507876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The importance of the Eastern markets to European commerce has long been recognised, and since the famous Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope at the close of the fifteenth century, and the Portuguese occupied Malacca and established factories or trade depots in Burmah at Martaban and Syriam, the trade of Western China and Indo-China has been a prize which has attracted the commercial aspirations of every maritime mercantile community in Europe. In 1613, the Portuguese were ousted from Burmah, and six years later, the English and Dutch established factories in that country. Some years afterwards the Dutch were expelled, and in the middle of the next century the French became our rivals for a short time. In 1756 the chief of their factory was executed, and their factory was destroyed, never to be resuscitated. The first Englishman whose name is recorded in history as travelling in Siam and the Shan States is Thomas Samuel, who happened to be at Zimmé when that place was recaptured by the Burmese in 1615. In Purchas’s ‘Pilgrims’ it is related that he had proceeded from Siam to Zimmé “to discover the trade of that country.” From that time to 1687, when the English were turned out of Siam for killing some of the natives in a scuffle, many English merchants resided there. Whilst the coast of Burmah was under native dominion, our traders had to content themselves with travelling along the great rivers; and it was not until 1829, three years after we had annexed the Burmese provinces of Tenasserim and Arakan, that steps were taken by us to establish overland trade with Northern Siam, the Shan States, and China. In that year Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General of India, ordered a mission to proceed, under Dr Richardson, from Maulmain to the Siamese Shan States, to ensure friendly relations and trade in that direction; and in 1837, Lord Auckland, then Governor-General, despatched Captain (late General) MacLeod, viâ Zimmé and Kiang Hung to China, with the view of opening up trade with that country. Notwithstanding the favourable reports of these and subsequent missions, and the frequent petitions of our mercantile community asking for the connection of Burmah with China by railway, no action has been taken by the Indian Government in the sixty years that have elapsed since Dr Richardson’s mission, for improving the overland routes leading from Burmah to the great undeveloped markets which immediately border our possessions on the east. Burmah might as well have remained for these sixty years in native hands, for all the good that its acquisition has been to the furtherance of our trade with the neighbouring regions. When I retired from Government service at the end of 1879, the French were again in the field. They had annexed the south-eastern corner of Indo-China, had seized Cambodia from the Siamese, were determined to wrest Tonquin from China, which they have since succeeded in doing, and had openly avowed their intention to eject British trade from Eastern Indo-China, and to do all they possibly could to attract the trade of South-western, Southern, and Central China to French ports in Tonquin, where prohibitive duties could be, and have since been, placed upon British goods. It was under these circumstances that Mr Colquhoun and I took up the question, placed the necessity of connecting India with Burmah, Siam, and China before the public, and with the aid of the mercantile community determined to carry out a series of exploration-surveys to prove whether or not Burmah could be connected with these countries by railway at a reasonable expense, and to select the best route, financially and commercially, for the undertaking. The present volume deals with my exploration-surveys in Siam and the Shan States.
Karen's Little Sister (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #6)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338055615
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Karen Brewer, Big SisterEverybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that’s when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338055615
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Karen Brewer, Big SisterEverybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that’s when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!
Primitive Love and Love-stories
Karen's Brothers (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #17)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338055925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! BOYSA is for AwfulB is for Barf-breathC is for CrazyKaren has three older brothers, and sometimes they are a pain. They won't take Karen to the movies. And they don’t let her play football with them. Karen is so mad she even decides not to talk to any boy--not her daddy or even the boy pets in her family. And maybe then Karen’s brothers will stop treating her like a girl!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338055925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! BOYSA is for AwfulB is for Barf-breathC is for CrazyKaren has three older brothers, and sometimes they are a pain. They won't take Karen to the movies. And they don’t let her play football with them. Karen is so mad she even decides not to talk to any boy--not her daddy or even the boy pets in her family. And maybe then Karen’s brothers will stop treating her like a girl!
Karen's Wish (Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Super Special #1)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338094122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Will Karen's wish come true?Karen can't wait for Christmas! She and Andrew are writing to Santa, baking cookies, and decorating their tree. Karen is even learning about other holidays like Hanukkah. She is all ready for the big day. But then Karen's grandmother Nannie gets sick. And now Karen doesn't want Christmas to come at all unless she gets her one wish!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338094122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Will Karen's wish come true?Karen can't wait for Christmas! She and Andrew are writing to Santa, baking cookies, and decorating their tree. Karen is even learning about other holidays like Hanukkah. She is all ready for the big day. But then Karen's grandmother Nannie gets sick. And now Karen doesn't want Christmas to come at all unless she gets her one wish!
Karen's Tuba (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #37)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338056484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Join the band! Karen’s class is taking music lessons, and all of the kids are getting instruments! Instead of a beautiful flute, Karen ends up with a big, old tuba. And she is not very happy about that! Karen’s tuba sounds like a duck with a bad cold. But she’s not giving up. Karen is going to be the best second-grade tuba player ever. Honk, honk!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338056484
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Join the band! Karen’s class is taking music lessons, and all of the kids are getting instruments! Instead of a beautiful flute, Karen ends up with a big, old tuba. And she is not very happy about that! Karen’s tuba sounds like a duck with a bad cold. But she’s not giving up. Karen is going to be the best second-grade tuba player ever. Honk, honk!
Karen's Swim Meet (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #110)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133806276X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Swimmers, take your marks!Karen has joined the swim team! She loves dreaming about winning medals and learning to swim fast. But mostly she likes to have fun with her swim team friends. Then the coach starts acting mean. He says the team is not working hard enough. Can Karen find a way to be a winner and have fun too?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133806276X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Swimmers, take your marks!Karen has joined the swim team! She loves dreaming about winning medals and learning to swim fast. But mostly she likes to have fun with her swim team friends. Then the coach starts acting mean. He says the team is not working hard enough. Can Karen find a way to be a winner and have fun too?
Karen's Pony (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #60)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338057448
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Pony palsKaren sees a sad, old pony for sale. if no one buys Blueberry, she will have no home. Daddy feels sorry for Blueberry, too. So, he buys the pony for Karen. Blueberry will stay at a farm nearby. Karen tries to visit him as much as she can. But Blueberry is still lonely. How can Karen make her pony happy?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338057448
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Pony palsKaren sees a sad, old pony for sale. if no one buys Blueberry, she will have no home. Daddy feels sorry for Blueberry, too. So, he buys the pony for Karen. Blueberry will stay at a farm nearby. Karen tries to visit him as much as she can. But Blueberry is still lonely. How can Karen make her pony happy?